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Planning and Zoning Commission approves emergency generator at 10 Realty Drive despite parking concerns
Summary
The Cheshire Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site‑plan amendment to add an emergency generator behind a 74‑unit building at 10 Realty Drive after staff said the change was required for code compliance; commissioners pressed the applicant to investigate whether additional on‑site parking could be added.
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to approve a site‑plan amendment on Tuesday to add an emergency generator behind a multifamily building at 10 Realty Drive, after hearing that the unit is required by building‑code reviewers to keep elevators operable during power outages.
Jay Klein, a partner at the law firm Carmody, Torrance, Sandak & Hennessy, who spoke for the developer, said the generator is a narrow, screened installation placed behind the building and "won't take away any parking spaces." He told the commission the unit "would come on and the elevators within the structure would continue to operate," calling…
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